Playing Catchup on the Past Week

Been back from Argentina for just over a week now. Here are events worth noting from the past week:

Sat 11/20: Landed in Chicago around 5am. Home by 6:30am. Called cheshcat and resourceress, pet the cats (who were all quite glad to see me) and laid down for a nap. The Boy decided my ponytail was a cat toy. Grrrrrr... Three hours later, I rose to give a Sat morning tour of the lab to some high school students. Afterwards, came home and had a small party, with about half a dozen people over to play games. We played Illuminati for the first time since March; I was the Bermuda Triangle and won via the basic victory condition. We also played many card games; I re-learned Egyptian Ratscrew after a fifteen year hiatus, and polymorphism taught us a slightly skewed version of Pounce (and won). K&R, our two vegan guests, left slightly before dinner, making pizza a much easier choice of food. After dinner, we played Settlers of Catan, which I also won. Then people left and The Moof went to bed, so I chatted with polymorphism until about 4:30am, when I collapsed. All in all, a fun day. Plus, I like it when I hit the ground running after a trip.

Sun 11/21: Started the day with a small picnic at the Haymarket Martyr's grave. Afterward, came home and did yard work with The Moof. I swear, we have an infinite amount of leaves in our yard! In the evening, we rented Superman II, which I hadn't seen in about twelve years.

Mon 11/22: One of those crazy productive days that is also quite mundane and boring. I got a lot done, but none of it is particularly worth writing about.

Tue 11/23: Packed. Flew to Phoenix (see previous entry). Had dinner with cheshcat. It is good to be back in Arizona; I really miss living here...

Wed 11/24: The day was very similar to Monday, in that we got a lot of AZ-based mundane things accomplished. But, again, not really worth writing about. After a long and busy day, cheshcat and I caught up on Smallville in the evening.

Thu 11/25: Had a very mellow T'giving. The holiday doesn't mean much to me anymore. I've never been patriotic, the big family get-together isn't until Christmas eve, and I don't eat turkeys. So who cares about T'giving? Instead, cheshcat and I had some nice quite downtime alone with each other. Which was perfect. (For dinner, we went out for Indian food...)

Fri 11/26: cheshcat and I took a day trip down to Tucson. We went to the zoo, and we visited the San Xavier del Bac Mission, which was quite beautiful. We went into the city proper for dinner at a nifty little French bistro, followed by a trip to the ice cream parlor for dessert. After all that, we headed over to the ampitheatre to see Tears For Fears perform -- once again, an excellent show. Drove home after the concert ended, taking a spontaneous side trip to see what the "Miracle Mile" was. Finally got in around 2am and collapsed.

Sat 11/27: Got crunched, then got lunch. Went for a swim and soaked in the hot tub. Burned all of nine my TFF albums to a single CD of MP3s, for ease of transport. Helped cheshcat start overhauling her apartment during the day, then went out to see The Incredibles at night. I think we were the last two people who hadn't seen this movie. It was a lot of fun, though.

All in all, it has been a fun and productive week so far. And I still have today and tomorrow left before I have to leave Arizona. I do wish I had more time to visit my old friends here, though. There's been so much to get done that I haven't had time to be social yet...

Playing Catchup on the Past Week

Been back from Argentina for just over a week now. Here are events worth noting from the past week:

Sat 11/20: Landed in Chicago around 5am. Home by 6:30am. Called cheshcat and resourceress, pet the cats (who were all quite glad to see me) and laid down for a nap. The Boy decided my ponytail was a cat toy. Grrrrrr... Three hours later, I rose to give a Sat morning tour of the lab to some high school students. Afterwards, came home and had a small party, with about half a dozen people over to play games. We played Illuminati for the first time since March; I was the Bermuda Triangle and won via the basic victory condition. We also played many card games; I re-learned Egyptian Ratscrew after a fifteen year hiatus, and polymorphism taught us a slightly skewed version of Pounce (and won). K&R, our two vegan guests, left slightly before dinner, making pizza a much easier choice of food. After dinner, we played Settlers of Catan, which I also won. Then people left and The Moof went to bed, so I chatted with polymorphism until about 4:30am, when I collapsed. All in all, a fun day. Plus, I like it when I hit the ground running after a trip.

Sun 11/21: Started the day with a small picnic at the Haymarket Martyr's grave. Afterward, came home and did yard work with The Moof. I swear, we have an infinite amount of leaves in our yard! In the evening, we rented Superman II, which I hadn't seen in about twelve years.

Mon 11/22: One of those crazy productive days that is also quite mundane and boring. I got a lot done, but none of it is particularly worth writing about.

Tue 11/23: Packed. Flew to Phoenix (see previous entry). Had dinner with cheshcat. It is good to be back in Arizona; I really miss living here...

Wed 11/24: The day was very similar to Monday, in that we got a lot of AZ-based mundane things accomplished. But, again, not really worth writing about. After a long and busy day, cheshcat and I caught up on Smallville in the evening.

Thu 11/25: Had a very mellow T'giving. The holiday doesn't mean much to me anymore. I've never been patriotic, the big family get-together isn't until Christmas eve, and I don't eat turkeys. So who cares about T'giving? Instead, cheshcat and I had some nice quite downtime alone with each other. Which was perfect. (For dinner, we went out for Indian food...)

Fri 11/26: cheshcat and I took a day trip down to Tucson. We went to the zoo, and we visited the San Xavier del Bac Mission, which was quite beautiful. We went into the city proper for dinner at a nifty little French bistro, followed by a trip to the ice cream parlor for dessert. After all that, we headed over to the ampitheatre to see Tears For Fears perform -- once again, an excellent show. Drove home after the concert ended, taking a spontaneous side trip to see what the "Miracle Mile" was. Finally got in around 2am and collapsed.

Sat 11/27: Got crunched, then got lunch. Went for a swim and soaked in the hot tub. Burned all of nine my TFF albums to a single CD of MP3s, for ease of transport. Helped cheshcat start overhauling her apartment during the day, then went out to see The Incredibles at night. I think we were the last two people who hadn't seen this movie. It was a lot of fun, though.

All in all, it has been a fun and productive week so far. And I still have today and tomorrow left before I have to leave Arizona. I do wish I had more time to visit my old friends here, though. There's been so much to get done that I haven't had time to be social yet...